This Date in UCSF History: Celebrating the Year of the Snake
[Originally published in on February 7, 2013.] Welcome to the Year of the Snake! Snake is the yin to last year’s Dragon yang. That said, Snake does not settle for mediocrity, either.
On the Road with Bashō: Exploring Art with a Haiku Virtuoso and Literarily Immortal Novelist, Part One
Without question, Dany Laferrière’s new novel, Sur la route avec Bashō, French for “On the road with Bashō,” constitutes a...
The Healing Dream
It is morning; it is spring. And in the dew, the mountains woo. Distantly heard, the roosters crow; and past...
Reverence
There are moments where you will find No past Or present Or future. Only eternity; An instant that stretches on...
Enjoy The Little Things
[Third place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest photography category.] One afternoon, while I was taking a walk in the...
Shelter-In-Place Syndrome
I am keeping a prisoner; This breath I took two weeks ago; I refuse to let it leave; It paces...
Q&A With UCSF Alumna & Poet Jenny Qi
In our latest podcast, we chat with UCSF alumna Jenny Qi, PhD, ’17, about how she went from publishing cartoons...
Widdershins Round
There are days in August when you can hear the grass reaching for the sun. Long days where the air...
The Biblio Unfurl
[Third place Storytelling Contest winner for photography.] Where does photography start, and where does it end? And how does a...
Catching the Sunrise
Breathe, and let go. Another week, you got this. Keep it up. You can do it. It will be a...